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63. 2. 24. 41. Skin, female, mounted. Fort Colville, 

 British Columbia. Presented lij J. K. Lord, Esq., 1863. 



*72. 12. 12. 3. Skin, mounted. Yellowstone Park. 



Purchased ( Ward, Rochester, U.S.A.), 1872. 

 72. 12. 12. 4. Skin, mounted, female. Same locality. 



Sa7ne history. 

 12. 5. 15. 1. Skin, in winter coat, mounted. La 

 Eochelle Creek, British Columbia. 



Presented by the Government of British Columbia, 1912. 



B.— Odocoileus hemionus virgultus. 



Cariacus virgultus, HallocJc, Forest and Stream, vol. Hi, p. 404, 1899. 

 Odocoileus virgultus,* Miller and Rehn, Proc. Boston Nat. Hist. Soc. 



vol. xxxi, p. 69, 1903 ; Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. p. 390, 1912. 

 Odontocoelus hemionus virgultus, Elliot, ChecJc-List Mamm. N. Amer. 



etc. {Field Mus. Zool. Puh. vol. vi) p. 49, 1905. 



Typical locality north-western Minnesota, whence the 

 range extends into the adjoining British territory. 



Distinguished from typical race by smaller antlers, and 

 uniform calibre of short tail ; general colour dark grey, with 

 long black and white hairs. 



No specimen in collection. 



C— Odocoileus hemionus californieus. 



Cervus macrotis, var. californieus, Caton, Amer. Nat. vol. x, p. 464, 



1876, vol. xix, p. 811, 188.5. 

 Mazama hemionus californica, Lydettker, Deer of All Lands, p. 276, 



1898, Great and Small Game of Europe, etc. p. 350, 1901. 

 OdoeoUeus hemionus californieus, Seton-Thompson, Forest and 



Stream, vol. li, p. 286, 1898 ; Elliot, Synop. Mamm. N. Amer. 



(Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. ii) p. 43, 1901 ; Stone and Cram, 



American Animals, p. 41, 1912; Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. 



p. 388, 1912. 

 Odontocoelus hemionus californieus, Elliot, Mamm. Mid. Amer. and 



W. Indies {Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. iv), p. 77, 1904, Check-List 



Mamm. N. Amer. etc. {ibid. vol. vi) p. 49, 1905. 



Typical locality Gaviota Pass, Coast Eange, forty miles 

 from Santa Barbara, California. 



Ears smaller than in typical race ; tail with a dark dorsal 



* Misprinted virgultis in first quotation. 



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